Thought I would be a physicist until I met the real future physicists in my freshman dorm. Cambodia Spring on campus and two quarters in Vienna completed the disruption of that path. Returned in spring of '71 with no major, no affinity group, (remember that quarter?) and no clue. Fortunately, I chose to start the HumBio core and got hooked on the perspective. 20 units of diverse and yet overlapping subjects, inspirational professors, most intellectually exciting time at Stanford...ever.

Wandered through various career paths in upper division classes including urban planning and anthropology. Had the great good fortune to work with Craig Heller as a senior. Became a late entry, closeted Pre-med after Christmas of ‘72. Was fortunate to get into med school after a “gap year”; which included taking freshman chem at Berkeley and working as a lab tech at Stanford Hospital. In med school, Community Medicine and Family Practice were the natural extensions of HumBio thinking. Now, at 60 (the new 45), I am participating in the transformation of health care through the creation of a Patient Centered Medical Home. A simple definition of PCMH can be found on Wikipedia, or you can visit the practice website: MyHealthMedicalGroup.com. Unfortunately, I look 60 and not 45 in the video..Most professionally and intellectually stimulating time since that spring of 1971!